Where the exuberance of the tropics meets the discipline of form.

Modern tropical floral design. We compose luxury vases, wedding florals and event installations from flowers grown in Nigerian soil, gathered with care and cultivated to honour the earth that bears them. Sculptural botanicals and wild grasses, arranged as living art.

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Flowers that belong to this climate.

Imported stems arrive tired and give up in Lagos heat within days. We work the other way round: heliconia, ginger, celosia and wild grasses grown here, cut when they are ready and arranged within hours. They look like the place they were made for, and they last.

Heliconia and bird of paradise The orange and the blue-sculpted stems
All year
Torch ginger Pink and red, with the banana flower
All year
Celosia Cockscomb and plume, grown on our farm
Peak in the rains
Anthurium and frangipani White, pink and green
All year
Sunflowers and orchids Nigerian-grown, cut to order
Seasonal
Wild grasses and foliage Fountain grass, panicum, palm, braided leaf
All year

A grower on the riverbank holding two freshly cut bundles of grasses and stems — Cut this morning, by the river.

Rows of magenta celosia growing in the field — Celosia on the farm, Ogun State.

Sunflower, celosia and grasses in three terracotta pots — Nigerian clay, Nigerian flowers.

Designed for the occasion, and for the space.

A tall installation of red roses, ginger and oversized leaves framing a leopard-print backdrop

Events

Launches, dinners, birthdays and private celebrations. We design to the venue, the table plan and the lighting, install on the day and clear afterwards.

Typical scope entrance and stage installations, table centres, bar styling, floral backdrops.

A pink rose and fern garland dressing a wedding car

Weddings

Bridal bouquets, ceremony arches, aisle and reception florals, and the car. Tropical stems hold their shape through a long Lagos day in a way that imports cannot.

Typical scope bouquet and buttonholes, ceremony structure, reception tables, car and entrance.

A tall arrangement of heliconia, ginger and sunflowers on a marble entrance table

Homes, offices and hotels

Standing arrangements for entrance halls, boardrooms, lobbies and living rooms, refreshed on a weekly or fortnightly cycle. One point of contact, a fixed monthly cost.

Typical scope statement entrance pieces, dining and boardroom tables, suite and welcome flowers.

A hand-tied bouquet of heliconia, ginger and grasses wrapped in kraft paper with a red ribbon

Bouquets and gifts

Hand-tied bouquets and vase arrangements across Lagos, with a written card. The stems open over several days, so the gift keeps giving.

Typical scope same-day pickup, delivery across Lagos, corporate gifting in volume.

Four terracotta vases of heliconia, sunflower, celosia and grasses on a grey plaster shelf — Today's vases, ready for pickup.

Vase of the day.

Every morning the studio makes a fresh set of vases from whatever came in from the farm. No two days are the same. Come by Victoria Island, or send a message and we will hold one for you.

100% locally made. Nigerian-grown flowers, grasses and botanicals, arranged the same day.
Bring your own vase. Have a vase you love? Bring it and we will design to it.
Fresh designs every day. New flowers, new design, ready for pickup from the studio.

Recent work.

Red roses, panicum and fountain grass

Heliconia with blue-painted sculptural stems and white anthurium — Heliconia and blue sculpture

A gold lantern set in sunflowers, celosia and daisies — Lantern table centre

Magenta celosia and lime foliage bursting from a sheaf of dry grass — Celosia in a grass sheaf

Orange heliconia above white frangipani and pink ginger — Heliconia and frangipani

A long red table being dressed with leopard-print lamps and ginger centrepieces for an event — Event table, Ikoyi

Braided leaf and fountain grass

Heliconia and sunflowers rising from a sheaf tied with braided grass — Sunflower and heliconia sheaf

Heliconia, blue bird of paradise and a painted palm fan on a living-room console — Living room, Victoria Island

Red roses with grasses and curled leaf in a glass vase — Roses and curled leaf

Red roses and ginger spilling across a marble bar — Bar installation

Banana flower, floor vase

A square wreath of sunflowers, white roses and thistle — Sunflower wreath

Heliconia, blue bird of paradise and frangipani in a white vase — Heliconia, frangipani, blue bird

Orange banana flowers and trailing green in a tall floor vase — Floor vase, Ikoyi

Pink celosia plumes and dark foliage in a low bowl — Celosia bowl

Pink heliconia and blue bird of paradise with a vine ring on a side table — Side table, Lekki

Orange heliconia and yellow orchids in a low nest of grass — Orchid and heliconia nest

New work is posted most weeks on @birdofparadiselagos.

Ilona peering out from behind an armful of fountain grass — Ilona, founder and lead designer.

A studio built around what grows here.

Bird of Paradise Lagos is led by Ilona, a floral designer with many years of experience in luxury tropical arrangement. The studio began with a simple frustration: the most beautiful flowers in the world were growing in Nigeria, yet Lagos events were decorated with imports that had spent a week in a cold chain.

Grown in Nigerian soil. Our stems come from our own plot in Ogun State and from growers we work with directly, so we know how each flower was raised.
Gathered with care. We pay growers properly and on time, use no air-freighted stems, and compost what we cut.
Arranged as living art. Every brief begins with a site visit or photographs of the space. Sculptural botanicals and wild grasses, composed for their setting rather than lifted from a catalogue.

Thick braids of green grass coiled on the studio bench — Grass, braided by hand for the sheaths and bases.

A leaf and ginger sculpture with a striped spathe rising from the centre — Leaf sculpture for a bar.

Deep red celosia with lime foliage in a grass sheaf — Celosia from the farm, same day.

Tell us about the occasion.

Send the date, the venue and a few words about the mood you want. We reply within one working day with ideas and a cost, and arrange a site visit for events and installations.

WhatsApp and calls +234 818 855 4513 Open daily until 8 pm

Email hello@birdofparadiselagos.com

Studio 32 Musa Yar’Adua Street, Victoria Island, Lagos 101241 Vases ready for pickup daily; visits by appointment

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